Things go from bad to worse.

[arsenal]

Health in Scotland is suffering as the Scottish National Party government fails to get a grip. How long before we see poor Scottish people leaving as health tourists for England or other more advanced countries?

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41749237

[joe552]

arsenal, I think it's time you embraced your love of Scotland, much like your own dear Queen.

[scottish-guy]

The Scottish Health Service (the legal title) is the best performing in the UK, so other than for some highly specialised treatments or expertise which might require cross-border travel I don't see Scots flocking to England for treatment.

Note also that where there is a need for cross-border treatment, the SHS pays for that treatment in full (quite rightly), it is not free to the SHS

Health Services throughout the UK and indeed throughout the world are struggling with demand - difficulties in the UK or in specific parts of the UK are not unique.

In the UK as a whole we face the problem of increased spending on the NHS constantly being demanded, without the realisation that the NHS is a bottomless pit and enough is never enough.

People demand more money for the NHS but when it comes to election time they won't vote to be taxed an extra penny to provide that money.

Many times in the past various political parties have proposed "An Extra Penny for the NHS" and each time that Party has been roundly defeated.

[cdnmatt]

I thought Nigel promised you guys that if you voted for Brexit, an extra 350,000,000 pounds would be invested back into the NHS every month, instead of being spent on the EU. What ever happened to that little pledge?

[Brad the Impala]

Flushed out into the trash along with the rest of the Brexit promises

[goji]

Health in Scotland is suffering as the Scottish National Party government fails to get a grip. How long before we see poor Scottish people leaving as health tourists for England or other more advanced countries?


A communist style state controlled monopoly will never work in the long term.

As for the prospect of refugees, which you seem to be implying, do you think it will need another wall to stem the flow ? ;)

[cdnmatt]

Flushed out into the trash along with the rest of the Brexit promises

Well, just think, it could always be worse. You could have Trump as a Prime Minister. :)

[scottish-guy]

When talking about people being conned by Brexit promises please remember that Scotland voted 62/38 to Remain

[cdnmatt]

When talking about people being conned by Brexit promises please remember that Scotland voted 62/38 to Remain

I actually remember that. I think it was the very next day after the vote, while the whole world was still trying to grasp what just happened to Europe, sure enough, then candidate Trump shows up in Scotland to promote his stupid fucken golf course.

He proceeds to get on the cameras, and proceeds to congratulate everyone on a hard fought debate, and a great victory. Trump, you fucken moron, not only do you not understand what you're talking about, you're in Scotland where the majority overwhelmingly voted to remain in the EU. Jesus christ, are you ever stupid Trump.

[arsenal]

We've got a wall Goji. Hadrians Wall, built to keep the Jocks or as they were described "The Barbarians" out. All we need to do is either shore it up a bit or put up a sign saying No Freeloaders.

[Mickp]

Why dont you stop taking all thise refugees?
FFS vote in a Party that has guts !

Email Pauline Hanson and ask her to do something... oh wait... she couldnt stand the place after 2 days and left too !:dash:

[cdnmatt]

Oh yeah, Trump's stupid Mexican wall idea. Did you hear, it's going to be transparent? Trump for some reason thinks that Mexican drug dealers are going to walk up to the border wall, and throe 30kg bags over it. So he wants it transparent, so the border patrol guards that I guess will just be wandering around next to the wall can see the drug dealers lobbing the bags of drugs over, and don't get hit in the head with a 30kg bag and die.

Can you actually believe this guy is in control of the world's largest nuclear arsenal? Holy fuck...

[scottish-guy]

We've got a wall Goji. Hadrians Wall, built to keep the Jocks or as they were described "The Barbarians" out. All we need to do is either shore it up a bit or put up a sign saying No Freeloaders.

Rather stupidly ignoring the fact that Hardians Wall was built 170 miles into ENGLAND!!

But no doubt everybody north of Watford is a "freeloader" to southern spivs like Head Judge Len

[arsenal]

For anyone who clearly failed 'O' level geography.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wall

[scottish-guy]

I didn't even sit "0 Level" Geography - no such qualification in Scotland, never has been.

I admit I fouled up on the 170 miles - I was thinking of the approx distance from Glasgow to Wallsend rather than from the border to Wallsend